Monday, November 21, 2011

BBTB2 Mouse from Meow

Eiyiyi! You have no idea how close I came to not having anything for you this morning but TADA! Guilt triumphs over exhaustion and here ya go. LOL Sweet Melissa chose the mouse from the Meow Lite cartridge for our BBTB2 Challenge this week. Generally this would be right up my alley, especially considering Goliath and Jezzie's habit of bringing them in to play (Jezzie) or for a snack (Goliath). Guess the prob this time was I had too many ideas, some being way more elaborate than my mojo would allow, so I settled on a sort of "Meet me under the mouseltoe" idea. Mice, from Meow, (obviously) welded togther with the "Kiss Kiss" sentiment from Tie the Knot and mistletoe from Christmas Solutions cartridge. I'm sorry I rarely (if ever) have my sizes. Often I experiment with a bunch of them or just stretch or compress things to fit, and I'm usually scrambling to complete, photograph, upload and post whatever I'm making so going back and figuring it out takes more time than I'm willing to spend (especially these days). I am pretty sure that the heart from George is 5 1/2" but the scalloped behind was the shadow of that heart with a bunch of little (less than 1") circles welded to it to make it scalloped because I'd already cut the plain heart out of the pretty striped DP (and didn't have any more of it) and decided the plain shadow was too plain. I know there are other scalloped hearts around, but none seemed to be the right shape. I embossed it with the 5x7" Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder (in sections) with my Grand Caliber which was the only machine that was large enough to accomodate the larger folder with the cut partially hanging out of it. (PITA! I was obviously not thinking things through in advance with this project.)

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what this thing is, a tag, a door hanger? It's not a card (yet, anyway) because I really needed to quit (near midnight). Normally, I don't craft in the evening unless hubby is not home and our bedtime is embarrassingly early (although we're often up at 4:00am) so it is what it is at the moment. A bit of dimension and thank God I found the adorable K&Co chipboard stocking in my stash or I'd probably STILL be up scratching my head about how to jazz it up. I still think the little mice need some attention, but that will be another day since I'm off to get beautified at the salon for Thanksgiving. My fabulous DT sisters have knocked this one out of the park, so be sure to stop by for inspiration and we hope to see your new creations featuring mice from any Cricut cartridge. Remember, you have two weeks and your creations must be linked in your blog post to BBTB2. Thanks so much for playing along. We really love seeing what you come up with each week. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

23 comments:

Donna,your creativity abounds constantly and you always show us the results with such a wonderful design. This is so so cute. I love the kissy mice, and when I read how you did that lovely heart with the added circles, I said "that's Donna, always right on"... Thanks for your determination at midnight to let us share in your darling little ....let's say it..a door hanger because after all this would be a perfect holiday greeter for friends. HugsCarole

Oh you poor thing, I can feel your exhaustion through your post!! But how stinkin' adorable is this??!! I don't care what it is, but i love it! LOL! Awesome job as always! Have a VERY Happy Thanksgiving my friend!hugs, Sharon

Oh Donna I am SOOOOOOO with you on this! I totally Feel your exhaustion and determination, lol, I've been there the last couple of weeks (this week too, lol). The holidays got here just way to early and Fast, lol! I love your project tho, as always, whatever you decide to turn it into it will be awesome! Have a Wonderfully Amazing Thanksgiving Girlfriend!((Hugs)) Theresa

I'm with you. I barely had time to get anything made with the challenge coming in so late and being off to DisneyWorld. I'm not a last minute kind of person. I usually have my challenges done way in advance. (Cuz you never know how tired you might be at the last minute. LOL) Well done my friend. Love the mouseletoe idea!

I love the way that you layer your cuts. This card is gorgeous, I never would have known that you were running out of time! I can't believe you individually added each scallop to the heart! Wow, you are very detailed and your work shows. Beautiful!Maribel

wow Donna...that is so darn adorable.. I bought this cart over the summer and never knew that cute mouse cut was on there..LOLand speaking of mice, my cat brings them home all the time, nothing like cleaning up carcass first thing in the morning..LOLHugsNanné

Holy crap its been forever since I cameby so I'm gonna sit for a bit and checkthings out! The kids and I are at my Mom's.Cause why stay home alone so much? I evenpacked up some projects to work on here to.I know, too organized! LOL!

Well I am missing you BADLY...I"m comingover wether you like it or not! =)

OMG, to listen to you talk, you'd think you were presenting us with a pile of poop! LOL! This is just adorable, Donna! The colors are pretty shades of Christmas and I admire your painstaking patience on creating the scalloped heart. You should hang just high enough where Jezzie and Goliath can't quite reach it. Maybe that will exhaust them and they'll think twice about bringing home the real thing. hee hee

Well, my iPhone and iPad may not want to have anything to do with your text/background, but guess what....my iMac is being quite kind to me and allowing me to see it (black text on gray background) HALLELUJAH!

donna you make me laugh..ALL of your projects are astounding. that lil mouse is so cute and you know i adore this..whatever it is ;) have a great thanksgiving and pet your beautiful kitties for me ( i miss mine so terribly ;(

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I've always loved crafting, even as a little girl. My inspiration was my Daddy who was a wonderful artist and made beautiful 3-D Valentines for my teachers in grade school. Although I love all kinds of crafts I haven't had a real focus since abandoning counted cross stitch back in the 80's. Until I got my Cricut in 2008, that is. I've since expanded my horizons and found a new love in coloring both rubber and digi stamps with my Copics. Now I'm a blissfully retired card maker and papercrafter married 42 (!) years to a wonderful guy with two furbabies, Goliath and Jezebel. Everyday I look forward to dreaming up designs and playing in my craft room. I invite you to share in my adventures.

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